Tank-car.



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TANK CAR.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.V

CHARLES L. ROGERS AND MELANCTIION S. SIIOTWELL, ou MILTON, PENN-SYLVANIA, .ASSIGNORS TOAMERICAN CAR .t FOUNDRY COMPANY, on ST. LOUIS,.MIsSoURL A CORPORATION OP Nnw JERSEY.

TAN K-CAR.

SPECIFICATION forming part `of Letters Patent No. 714,397, datedNovember 25. 1902.

Application nea semental?. 1902. sesamo. 123,730. montan.)

To a/ZZ wiz/01u it may concern:

Be it`knoWn that we, CHARLES L. ROGERS and MELANCTHON S. SI-IorrwnLL,citizens of `the United States, residing at Milton, Nor 5 thumberlandcounty, Pennsylvania, have invented acertainlnew and useful Improvementin Tank-Cars, of which the followingis a full, clear, and exactdescription, such aswill enable others skilledin the art to'which it ap-Io pertains to makeand use the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in .which--Figure 1 is an end elevational view, partly in section; and Fig. 2 is aSide View showing `the end of a car.

Our invention relates toimprovements in l tank-cars, our object being toprovide a simple and efficient structure for supporting the`running-board and a hand-rail and to provide "zo a ladder leading tothe said running-board.

To these ends and also to` improve` geuerally upon devices ofthecharacter indicated,

supported above and securedto the same.

The strap-irons are provided with rivet-receiving portions 6 at the endsof the knees, said portions 6 abutting against and being secured to thetank-bands, and from the up- 34o per rivet-receiving portion thestrap-iron eX- tends vertically at a side of the runningboard to form astandard `7, the upper end of said standard being bentinto an eye 8 toreceive the hand-rail 9. Manifestly by securing the strap-irons to thetank-bands it is l unnecessary to rivet through the tank itself.

The car is provided at each end with a vertical iron standard 10, `whichhasV its-upper y end provided with an4 eye 11 to receive the `5ohand-rail 9, while its lower endis bent to produce a foot 12, whichrests upon and is secured to the car-frame. A second standard 13 eX-tends vertically and substantially parallel to the standard 10, saidsecond standard having 'its lower end bent inwardly to produce a foot 5514, which rests upon and is secnred'to the `frame of the car, while theupper end of said standard 13 is bent inwardly and then secured to thestandard 10,1the inwardly-bent -portion 15 forminga support or bracketfor `6c;

.produced by means of which the runningboard can be reached.

We are aware that many minor changes in the construction, arrangement,and combination of the several parts of our device can be made andsubstituted for those herein shown and described Without in the leastdeparting 7o from the nature and principle of our invention.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, s-` V 1. In a tank-car or the like, thecombinationwith a tank, and tank-bands, of a running-board supportedupon said tank-bands; substantially as described.

2. In a tank'car or thelike,the combination 8o with a tank, andtank-bands, of supporting members secured to said tank-bands, and arunning-board supported upon said supportingmembersg substantially asdescribed.

upon the knees of 'said' strap -irons, and a hand-rail supported uponsaid standards; substantially as described.

5. In a car or the like, an elevated running-board, a standard, a secondstandard Ioo and steps between said standards; substantially asdescribed.

7. In a car or the like, the combination with a running-board, of astandard, a second standard having its upper end bent and secured tosaid first-mentioned standard, said bent portion supporting therunningboard,and steps between said standards; substantially asdescribed.

8. In a car or the like, the combination With a car-body, of supportssecured thereto, a running-board upon said supports and eX- tendingbeyond the same, and aladder upon which the extending portion of therunningboard rests; substantially as described.

9. In a tank-car or the like, the combination With a tank, andtank-bands, of strapirons secured to said bands, each of said ironshaving a knee portion, rivet-receiving portions secured to the bands,and a standard, a hand-rail supported upon said standards and extendingbeyond the same, a running-board supported upon said knee portions andextending beyond the same, a standard supported upon the car-frame andsupporting the extending end of 4said handrail, a third standardsupported upon the car-frame and having its upper end bent inwardly andsecured to the said standard supporting the extending end of saidhand-rail, the extending end of the running-board being secured to andsupported upon the said inwardly-extending end of said third standard,and steps secured between the tWo 1ast mentioned standards;substantially as described.

In testimony whereof We hereunto affix our signatures, in the presenceof two Witnesses, this 11th day of September, 1902.

CHARLES L. ROGERS. MELANOTHON S. SHOTWELL. Witnesses:

JOHN H. FERRIS, S. RoBT. PEALER.

